Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-18
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Patience Dooley, colored, died recently
at Kansas City, aged one hundred and
four years. A living son is eighty-four.
The st. Louis colored militia companies
have been disbanded.
Rev. j. G. KRAEMER, of st. Louis, lately
went to Cincinnati and took the pastorate
of st. Peters Evangelical Church. Now
some one in Minneapolis writes that he has
served three years in German prison for
ENLIGHTENMENT.
Mentor Smith, a ten-year-old boy, liv.
ing near Fulton, has been ARE ,ted for
shooting his father, Herson Smith. He
says that he was persuaded to do it by his
sister and a colored boy. and that his
father did not treat him well.
John Bonner and Gus Kahrs, who have
been prospecting for coal on lands sixteen
miles south of Sedalia recently, struck a
six-foot vein of camel coal. The supply is
said to be almost inexhaustible. They are
in the employ of Peter Brandt, promi-
nent Sedalia business man, who is highly
elated over the find.
The ditching of a freight train at Mis-
souri, City a few days ago delayed BUSH
ness few hours. The freight train lay
across the tracks and considerable time
was consumed in removing it. The wreck
was caused by a misplaced switch. A
couple of tramps who were asleep in one of
the box-cars were frightfully mangled.
No one else was injured.
The celebrated Elgin Ill.) Military Band
has been engaged for the first ten days of
the st. Louis Exposition, beginning We'd
nesday, September !, after which Gilmore's
favorites will be there giving two concerts
daily until the close of the season.
Some alarm is felt in Lafayette lest the
horse distemper now prevailing at Licking
ton and vicinity should make inroads
further into the country, and means are
being discussed for checking it before it
assumes uncomfortable proportions.
Albert Vincent, who so heroically risked
his life to save that of Miss Mary Alruff at
Kansas City on the Fourth of July, and
who was so seriously injured thereby,
after living for month, part of the time
at deaths door, was recently sent to the
City hospital, where his right leg, which
had mortified, was to be amputated.
Strange to say the young lady has done
nothing to mitigate the sufferings of her
reScuer.
Thos. Nolan, who was found unconscious
in the rear of Studebaker's carriage shop
in Kansas City few evenings since, died
at the City hospital. Before his death he
stated that while in Murry's saloon, John
Kinney, the bartender, struck him in the
mouth with bottle and afterward kicked
him in the stomach. Mckinney has been
arrested, charged with numbering Nolan.
The body of John Fack was found dead
by his wife in stable in the rear of their
residence, in st. Louis few days ago. It
is supposed to be a case of suicide. The
deceased was German, fifty-four years
old, and was shoemaker by occupation.
John Dowd fell from the fourth story Of
the new Mercantile Library building in
st. Louis few days ago, and was instant
ly killed.
Hon. VIM. S. Gregory, who was the first
mayor of Kansas City, having been elect
ed to that office in 1858, died few days
ago. He was a native of Kentucky.
Frank Blair, boy about twelve years of
age, and son of a respectable widow lady
in st. Joseph, was attacked by three news
boys few evenings since, one of them
stabbing him with a small penknife OPP
pOsite the left kidney.
w. F. Merrill, general manager of the
Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs
railroad, has granted permission to the w.
G.. T. U. of the Fourth Missouri Congress
sional district to put boxes containing
temperance literature on smoking-cars on
his road. This is the first railroad in the
United States to grant this permission.
Mr. Louis Blazer and Miss Ester Rosen-
blatt were united in marriage in st. Joseph
a few days ago by Rabbi Hurnwitz, of the
Jewish synagogue. The two were engaged
in Austria nineteen years ago by their re-
spective families, when the young lady
was only five years of age. A few weeks
ago Mr.. Blazer, who is clothier, sent
money for the young lady to come and
share his home in America.
Alexander Sander, a butte her in the en-
ploy of Mueller Bros, at St. Joseph, was
the victim of an accident a fe w nights ago
which will result fatally. While driving
a wild Texas steer into the slaughter
house, the animal turned upon him, goring
him in the abdomen, inflicting horrible
wound Sander has wife and two chill
dren dependent upon him for support.
Fifteen applicants from the Sixth Con-
gressional district met at Sedalia a few
days since, and underwent a competitive
examination for the appointment of q
cadet to the West Point Military
Academy. John Fl. Parker, school teach
er from Green Ridge, Pettis County, was
chosen, his grade being $50 in total of
ten. j. w. Parker, brother of the sue
cessful applicant, stood third in the list,
with grade of 1874.
The twenty-sixth anniversary of the
battle of Wilson creek was celebrated by
the members of Frank P. Blair Post, G. A.
R., of st. Louis, by festival and concert
at Koerner's Garden. About 1900 persons
were present, and the usual detail of
pickets, camp guard and foraging parties.
Two GRIM looking pickets, with fixed bay
onets were on duty at the main entrance
and admitted only those who were entitled
to enter.
The Kansas City box factory was COM
pletely destroyed by fire few nights ago.
Harry krober and James A. Sturtevant
were sleeping in the building when the fire
broke out. Krober escaped, but Sturte-
want was burned to death. The factory
had capacity of $500 boxes per day and
about fifty men. 1t was owned
by Chapman, Deney & Smith. The loss is
estimated at about $4,000, with $500 in
surance.
A fatal railway accident occurred on the
St. Joseph & Grand Island road, short
distance from ST. Joseph few days ago,
as a result of which Mat Anderson,
farmer, will die. Anderson was walking
along the road on his way home, and had
q jug of molasses over one shoulder and
sack filed with groceries on the other. He
did not hear the train, and was struck. He
alighted several yards to one side, half
way down the embankment. His injuries
are such that he can not recover.
The crops are about all safe.
Miss Nina, daughter of MIR. Leonard
Matthews, of st. Louis, is veritable hero
inc, having recently saved from drowning
at Shelter Island, Long Island, N. Y, Mr..
George Balm, Jr., also of ST. Louis. Miss
Matthews is an expert swimmer, and
reached the drowning man in the surf just
as he was going down the second time.
This was her second exploit of the kind
this season.